University of Puerto Rico

The General Practice Residency (GPR) program of the University of Puerto Rico is a fully accredited residency-training program sponsored by the School of Dental Medicine  (UPRSDM) and affiliated to the University District Hospital in San Juan and the Hospital of the University of Puerto Rico in the municipality of Carolina. The General Practice Residency program is designed to provide advanced training in clinical dentistry and applied basic sciences; and to refine the skills necessary for the generalist to provide comprehensive patient care with a high level of competency for all populations groups.  The program builds on and complements predoctoral dental education.  It provides clinical, didactic, and hospital experiences at the postdoctoral level and prepares the residents to manage total oral health in the delivery of care to a wide range of ambulatory and hospitalized patients.  The program’s main concerns are the underserved groups, the medically compromised, the elderly, the physically and mentally disabled, and the HIV/AIDS patients.